Skyline Cascade
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #10001
Skyline Cascade enters tapped and taps an opponent's creature — a two-for-one tempo hit stapled to a land that produces blue mana forever after. The cost is real: a land that enters tapped sets you back a full mana on the turn you play it, and a one-time tap effect rarely justifies that in competitive metas.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skyline Cascade is a fringe inclusion in decks that want to tempo out a blocker or attacker on a specific turn — think Merfolk tribal or tap-matters strategies where the enters-tapped penalty hurts less than the tempo swing helps. In Pauper, where every land slot is scrutinized, it sees occasional play in Familiar-style combo shells that can bounce and replay it for repeated triggers. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all ignore it entirely — the enters-tapped drawback is disqualifying in any format where land efficiency is non-negotiable. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: narrow synergy decks only.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Skyline Cascade sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond what a specific deck actually needs.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.